Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
As of 2014, all Graduate Center dissertations, theses, and capstone projects are posted to Academic Works. Some are immediately available to read and download, and some become available after an embargo period set by the author. All pre-2014 dissertations and doctoral capstone projects are available to the CUNY community via our Retrospective Dissertations, 1965-2013 database (CUNY Login required).
Some pre-2014 works have been added to this collection at the author's request. If you graduated before 2014 and would like to add your own GC dissertation, or for information about changing your embargo settings, please email deposit@gc.cuny.edu.
Dissertations, theses, and capstone projects are listed by year below. To browse by program, go to the Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects by Program page.
Dissertations/Theses/Capstones from 2020
Particle Dynamics in Anti-de Sitter Space by EIH Method, Jiusi Lei
Probing the Limits of Singular Gene Expression Through the Activity of High Representation Odorant Receptor Transgenes, Eugene Lempert
New Tower of Babel: Probing the Antecedents and Consequences of Linguistic Ostracism, Julia N. Leone
Lo visible, lo invisible y lo imaginable: Neoliberalismo y ciudad en las producciones culturales de posguerra en Centroamérica, Maria A. Leon Umana
Direct and Indirect Treatment Effects in Multilingual People with Aphasia, Aviva Lerman
Feminist Theology and the Fantastic in Jewish Poetics and Children's Literature (1960s–Present), Meira S. Levinson
Inferring Research Fields in Administrative Records Using Text Data, Ekaterina Levitskaya
Visualizing TEDx Events: Ten Years of “Ideas Worth Spreading”, Antonios Liamis
How Much Does Imprecision in Accounting Measurement Enhance Value?, Ying Liang
Machine Learning Applications for Drug Repurposing, Hansaim Lim
Ethical Validity: An Ethical Validity Claim for Discourse Ethics, Jamie B. Lindsay
Shock, Stimulus, and Upheaval: The Great Recession, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and Mayoral Coalitions in Brooklyn, NY 2009–2013, Charles Linsmeier
I. Selective Chlorination and Fluorination of Quinols II. Synthetic Study of Strongylophorine-26, Sihan Li
Essays on Social Connectedness, Institutional Behavior, and Market Predictability, Yan Li
Searching for Pōhakuloa: A Citizen Scientist’s Journey in Aloha ‘Āina, Drake Logan
Model Theory of Groups and Monoids, Laura M. Lopez Cruz
Blocking Visual Awareness with Continuous Flash Suppression Prevents Cognitive Control, Jonathan LoVoi
Matrix Low Rank Approximation at Sublinear Cost, Qi Luan
'Once Famous in an Odd Way': Curiosity and Queerness in Late 19th-Century American Male Impersonation, S.C. Lucier
Acting Objects: Staging New Materialism, Posthumanism and the Ecocritical Crisis in Contemporary Performance, Sarah Lucie
Exploring the Lived Experience of Decision-Making among Family Caregivers of Black Older Adults with Advanced Chronic Illnesses, Theresa L. Lundy
The Problem of Literary Development in Russian Formalism and Digital Humanities, Basil Lvoff
Can a Growth Mindset Intervention Increase Individuals’ Intentions to Engage in Intergroup Dialogue?, Noelle A. Malvar
Lengua, identidad y poder: Ideologías lingüísticas en la prensa hispana de los Estados Unidos (1980–2007), Evangelia-Lydia Manatou
A Defense and Expansion of the Theory of Capitalist Ground Rent: Speculation, Securitization, and Struggles Over Land and Housing, Francesca Manning
Compulsive Doubting: Self and Other in the Psychology of Judgment, Certainty, and Indecision, Michael Marcus
Tones in Shupamem Reduplication, Magdalena Markowska
Growth of Conjugacy Classes of Reciprocal Words in Triangle Groups, Blanca T. Marmolejo
Functions of Fibroblast Growth Factor Homologous Factor 2 in Excitable Tissues, Christopher Marra
Essays on Paid Sick Leave in the United States, Shaoying Ma
The Making of a Queer Caribbean: Grassroots, Dancehall, and Literary Advocacy (1975–2015), Dadland Maye
Cochlear Implantation: Why vs. Why Not? A Pocket Guide for Non-Cochlear Implant Audiologists, Lauren McCauley
Martial Caillebotte’s Mélodies and Scènes Lyriques: Analytical Essays and Performance Guide, Dominique McCormick
In Ordinary Trauma: Notes on Time, Carmel M. Mc Mahon
“Prepare for Death and Follow Me:” An Archaeological Survey of the Historic Period Cemeteries of New York City, Elizabeth D. Meade
The Truman Administration and Zionist Legitimation Strategies to Achieve Statehood, Gianna Meier
Más allá de la comisión de la verdad y reconciliación: Memoria, cuerpo y producción cultural de mujeres en el perú (2005–2013), Otilia M. Mendiolaza
Essays in Financial Economics and Applied Macroeconomics, Marius Mihai
An Analysis of Women and Terrorism: Perpetrators, Victims, Both?, Elizabeth Lauren Miller
Oceanic Groundings: Maritime Geographies and Black Internationalism in the Early Twentieth Century, Maegan A. Miller
Agentive Personhood: Finding Yourself Through Serving Others, Sasha M. Miller
Employing High Probability Gene Choice Elements to Understand Singular Odorant Receptor Expression, Raena Mina
Nature-Inspired Electrode Materials For Next Generation Sustainable Energy Storage, Mikhail Miroshnikov
Returning to Childhood: Memoirs of Childhood Reading, Stephanie Montalti
The Role of Attentional Processes in the Associations Between Syndemics and HIV Risk, Raymond L. Moody
Revisioning Popular Narratives of Trans Lives, 1952–1976, Melina A. Moore
The Contribution of Trait Emotional Intelligence to the Relationship Between Childhood Adversity and Pscyhiatric Symptoms in Adulthood, Aura-Maria Morales
Social Contract Theory and Transitional Justice: A Philosophical Approach to a Problem of Global Importance, Brendan Moriarty
Postcolonial Urban Vernacular Narratives in Contemporary Britain, Kathryn N. Moss
Closing the Chasm: Al-Fārābī on Islam and Politics, Onur F. Muftugil
The Performance and Patronage of Baloch Culture through Music (and Related Arts) in the Eastern Arabian Peninsula, George Murer
Self-Determination in Transportation: The Route to Social Inclusion for People with Disabilities, Jessica Murray
Queer Displacements: Minorities, Mobilities, and Mobilizations in French and Francophone Literature, Thomas Muzart
The Life and Death of Mambo: Culture and Consumption in New York's Salsa Dance Scene, Carmela Muzio Dormani
Molecular Roles of Small Inner Membrane Proteins in Escherichia coli Cell Envelope Integrity, Aaron Mychack
Crafting Girlhoods, Elissa E. Myers
Campus Design and the Community College Experience: An Exploration of Stress, Belonging and Scholarly Identity, Vanita Naidoo
Macroharmony in Ligeti's Etudes, Book 3, Nicolas Namoradze
The Mock Doc Film Series: History of the Mockumentary Film, Victoria Napolitano
Hydrophobic Fluoropolymer Nano-Coatings: Study of Anti-Reflective and Anti-Soiling Properties and Applications, Illya Nayshevsky
Dear Black Child: A Discussion on the Formation of Identity for African Diasporic Adolescents in the U.S., Sokhnagade B. Ndiaye
Audio Quality as Content: Everyday Criticism of the Lo-fi Format, Elizabeth Newton
Density Functional Theory Study of Two-Dimensional Boron Nitride Films, Pradip R. Niraula
Unpaid Care Work and Civic Engagement: A Review of Literature Suggesting Unpaid Care Work as Civic Engagement, William Novello
Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of Psilocybin from January 1, 1989 to December 31, 2019, Dax Oliver
#Fired: Survivor Reactions to Facebook Firing in Organizations, Rachel Omansky
Economics of Higher Education Productivity, Uchenna K. Oparah
Precarious Empowerments: Sexual Labor in the Coffee Shops of Santiago, Chile, Pilar Ortiz
Essays in Applied Microeconomics, Eric Osborne-Christenson
On the Distribution of Genetic Variation in Ecological Communities, Isaac Overcast
Acquisition Orders and Instructional Sequences: A Case Study of Russian Textbooks, Olga Ozhiganova
Advanced Computational Methodologies to Study Binding Free Energies of Biomolecular Complexes, Rajat Kumar Pal
Therapist Mentalization and Patient Outcomes in the First Year of Psychotherapy, Michael Palumbo
Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Factors Predicting Distress and End-of-Life Planning among Individuals with Advanced Cancers, Aliza A. Panjwani
The Objectives of Public Higher Education in New York City Through the Lens of Language, John-Nicholas Parker
Age-Related Effects on Gait Parameters in Healthy Normal Aging Adults, Jamie C. Park
Bilingual Reading Fluency and Prediction: Heritage Language versus Second Language, Olga Parshina
Desexualizing Queer Identities: Methods to Validating Non-Sexual Romantic Attraction and Relationships, Unnati Patel
Gene Regulation and Cell Fate Choice in the Developing Vertebrate Retina, Sruti Patoori
Hannah Arendt’s Vision of Politics: Exemplary Negativities and the Ostjuden, Jacob E. Pearce
Many Forms of Black Death: Coal Extraction, Transnational Activism and the Value of Life in Colombia, Oscar H. Pedraza Vargas
Locke’s Rebellious Progeny: Phenomenology and Ethics of Leopardi’s A-Dialectical Materialism, Paolo Pellecchia
Emotion in Mind, Kathryn E. Pendoley
360º Video and Language Documentation: Towards a Corpus of Kanien'kéha (Mohawk), Joseph Pentangelo
Una isla, dos literaturas: Contrapunteo de la literatura de la isla y la diáspora dominicanas (1965–2018), Jose L. Peralta
A Literary History of Early Trans Poetry: Readings, Poetics, Transitions, Obstacles, Movements, Trace Peterson
Los cuerpos en conflicto del chavismo: cuatro obras venezolanas en la era de la Revolución Bolivariana, Rebeca Pineda Burgos
“The Little Seed and the Wind”: Digital Intervention Tool for Geography and Empathy, Maritha Pocorni-Humphries
Americans Collecting Natural History, Herbert A. Pollard IV
Essays in Retirement Economics, Gunnar Poppe Yanez
Narrating Intensity: History and Emotions in Elsa Morante, Goliarda Sapienza and Elena Ferrante, Stefania Porcelli